Easy Loaded Potato Soup Recipes

Steps:

• Set a large Dutch oven over medium-high heat. Add the bacon and cook until crispy, 6 to 8 minutes; remove to a plate. When cool, crumble and set aside for garnish.
• Add the onions and garlic to the pot, and cook in the rendered bacon grease until softened, 4 to 5 minutes. Add the flour and some salt and pepper, and stir until combined. Cook for 3 minutes, so the raw flour taste cooks out. Add the chicken broth and heavy cream, whisking to remove any flour lumps. Add the potatoes and cook over medium heat until tender, about 10 minutes.
• With a potato masher, break up the cooked potatoes¿this will yield a thick and chunky consistency. Whisk in sour cream and then the shredded cheddar; let it melt through.
• Serve garnished with crispy crumbled bacon and sliced scallions.

Steps:

• Place cubed potatoes into a glass dish, and cook in the microwave oven for 7 to 10 minutes, or until soft.
• While the potatoes are cooking, melt the butter in a large pot over medium-high heat. Whisk in flour until smooth, then gradually stir in the milk. Bring to a boil, then reduce heat to medium, and simmer for 5 to 10 minutes, or until slightly thickened.
• Stir in the potatoes and onion, and cook for 5 more minutes. Stir in the sour cream and Cheddar cheese until melted and well blended. Season with salt and pepper.

Steps:

• In 3-quart saucepan, mix milk, salt, pep- per and potatoes, breaking up potatoes with whisk or wooden spoon. Heat to boiling over high heat; reduce heat. Simmer uncovered 4 minutes, stirring frequently with whisk, until thoroughly heated. Remove from heat; stir in 2/3 cup of the cheese.
• Top individual servings with remaining 1/3 cup cheese and the bacon; garnish with onions.

Steps:

• In 12-inch skillet, cook bacon over medium heat 6 to 7 minutes or until crisp; drain on paper towels. Crumble bacon; set aside. Reserve 2 tablespoons drippings in skillet. Cook onion in bacon drippings over medium-high heat 6 minutes or until almost tender.
• In 6-quart Dutch oven, mix onion, broth and potatoes. Heat to boiling; reduce heat. Cook 10 minutes or until potatoes are very tender.
• Meanwhile, in same skillet, melt butter over low heat. Stir in flour with whisk until smooth. Cook and stir 1 minute. Gradually stir in 2 cups of the milk. Pour milk mixture into potato mixture. Add remaining 2 cups milk, the salt and pepper. Cook over medium heat, stirring constantly with whisk, until mixture is thickened and bubbly.
• Stir in ham, half of the bacon, the sour cream, 2 cups of the cheese and 1/2 cup of the green onions. Cook until thoroughly heated and cheese is melted. Evenly top individual servings with remaining bacon, 1/2 cup cheese and 1/4 cup green onions.

Steps:

• Add the potatoes, onions, chicken broth, salt and pepper to the slow cooker.
• Set it to low for 6 hours or high for 4 hours.
• In a saucepan, combine the butter, flour, heavy cream and sour cream. Whisk until thickened.
• When the slow cooker is done, pour in the thickened mix. Stir, cover and set the slow cooker to low for another 30 minutes.
• Serve with shredded cheese, bacon and chopped scallions.
• Enjoy!

Steps:

• Microwave potatoes in large microwaveable bowl on HIGH 5 min., stirring after 2-1/2 min. Stir in broth and milk. Microwave 10 min., stirring after 5 min. Carefully smash potatoes with potato masher.
• Reserve 2 Tbsp. each bacon and cheese, and 1 Tbsp. onions for topping. Stir remaining bacon, cheese and onions into soup.
• Serve topped with sour cream and reserved ingredients.

Steps:

• Place potatoes and onion in a 6-qt. slow cooker; add broth, garlic, salt and pepper. Cook, covered, on low 8-10 hours or until potatoes are tender., Mash potatoes to desired consistency. Stir in cream cheese, cream and butter. Cook, covered, 15 minutes longer or until heated through., Just before serving, whisk soup to combine. Top servings with bacon, cheese and chives.

Steps:

• Place bacon in a large skillet and cook over medium-high heat, turning occasionally, until crisp, about 10 minutes. Remove from skillet and crumble. Reserve drippings.
• Place potatoes in a pot; cover with water. Bring to a boil. Reduce heat to medium-low. Cook, covered, until tender, 15 to 20 minutes. Drain.
• Melt butter in a large skillet over medium-high heat. Add onion and garlic; saute until onion is translucent, about 5 minutes. Stir in bacon crumbles, reserved bacon drippings, flour, salt, and pepper. Reduce heat; add the boiled potatoes, half-and-half, and chicken broth. Simmer until thickened, about 5 minutes. Add sour cream and 1 cup Cheddar cheese; cook and stir until heated through, about 5 minutes. Garnish soup with remaining Cheddar cheese and parsley.

Steps:

• Peel and chop potatoes into cubes.
• Put potatoes into a large pot.
• Add 32 oz container of chicken stock.
• Add water until the potatoes are covered with liquid.
• Add the whole yellow onion and minced garlic.
• Clean the green onions removing the tips from each end.
• Add the whole green onions to the pot.
• Cook the bacon in the microwave.
• Add the whole slices of bacon.
• Bring the pot of ingredients to a soft boil stirring occasionally.
• Once the potatoes are cooked (can easily cut a potato with a fork), remove the yellow and green onions and bacon from the pot.
• Add one or two sticks of butter, 8 oz sour cream, cream of chicken soup and 1 cup heavy cream.
• Stir until blended.
• Add bag of shredded cheese.
• Stir until blended.
• Add salt, parsley, paprika, and peppers. Add more to taste.
• Serve with a little sour cream, shredded cheese, or crumbled bacon on top.

Steps:

• Preheat the oven to 350 degrees F.
• Place the potatoes on a roasting tray and bake for 45 minutes. When done, the tip of a paring knife should go through the potatoes easily.
• Slice the bacon into lardons (thin strips) and cook in a large, heavy-bottomed pot over medium heat until crisp. Remove the bacon from the pot with a slotted spoon and set aside, leaving the drippings in the pot.
• Add the flour to the drippings in the pot and stir to combine. Cook, without adding color, until the flour and fat has combined, about 1 minute. Pour in the milk while you whisk to incorporate. Cook over medium heat until bubbly and thickened, stirring frequently, about 15 minutes.
• Scoop out the potato pulp from the skins and add to the milk mixture. Mash with the back of a wooden spoon leaving it a little bit chunky.
• Add the cooked bacon (leaving a little out for garnishing the soup), 1 cup of the cheese, and season well with salt and pepper. Stir until the cheese has melted. Remove from the heat.
• Ladle the soup into bowls, drizzle with sour cream (from a squeeze bottle), sprinkle with remaining bacon bits, grated cheese and chives.

Steps:

• Layer sliced potatoes in a lightly greased 6 quart slow cooker; top with chopped onions.
• Stir together chicken broth, salt, and pepper; pour over potatoes and onion. Broth will not completely cover potatoes and onion. Cover and cook on HIGH 3-5 hours or until potatoes are tender.
• Mash mixture with a potato masher; stir in half and half. Cover and cook on HIGH 20 more minutes or until mixture is thoroughly heated.
• Ladle into bowls, and serve with toppings of shredded Cheddar, crumbled bacon, green onion slices.